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Hi everyone, this was my first go at making oak shingles for a small building i have been working on. i think it turned out well. it was alot of work, there is about 200 shingles but i should last quite a long time. Enjoy

Hi everyone, i have not posted on here for a while but i though you lot might like this video i made the other day. its my first attempt to traditional timber framing and it was really good fun to do. and the video tured out really nice to.

Hi everyone, i have been working on buildings using natural materials for a while now, i recently made a how to video about round wood timber framing. i thought you guys might enjoy it. kris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFdOxolUwGo&t=2s

we have been working on this house for about a year now on and off. a total of about 1000 man hours so far. it is in wales and we are planning to live in it in the not to distant future. an older picture you can see the most recent video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1hkvXnTQZY

my self and my girlfriend have been on our property in wales for a few days working on our roundhouse. we were working on the cordwood walls, and just generally camping and having a good time with great weather. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR1CSMApGXg

i Had quite a few people asking me about the tools i use on some of the bowls i carve so i made a video showing what i use. its quite a long video so be warned, but if you are just getting in to carving i would like to think it would be quite helpful. hope you enjoy...

i found a blown down beach tree in my local woods, i wanted a nice fruit bowl to give to my girlfriend as a present. this is the result. watch how i made it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPdxU5G31bY

iv been in the woods today with a mate harvesting some wood for the roundhouse I'm building, what a joy it was to split straight down the middle hardly even had to hit the wedge. ignore the poor northern accent put on by my mate, he is from london and was just messing around...

hi everyone, i knocked this up the the other day. its works really well and will be producing the power for the homestead soon. hope you enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hTOox2g1Ek

hi everyone, i have been in wales for a week working on the roof of the roundhouse, fitting wooden mill off cuts to complete the roff structure. hope you enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trZX3nfVCbI

so i have spent the last 2 weeks in wales working on my roundhouse, had some help from a good friend and my girlfriend, and we managed to get the roof frame up. hope you enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpLf3oekLn8

i recently made this coffee table for someone, i was not sure weather it would be something you guys would like but its worth a try, it might inspire someone, it makes good use of a bit of wood that was to thin to do much else with. image of table is here http://i.imgur.com/kRblFGN.jpg there...

i made this wind turbine a few months back, today i added another row of magnets and increased its efficiency. its an axial flux vertical wind turbine. today i span it by hand and generated 50w. I'm not sure what it will do when i get it installed but I'm looking forward to seeing it...

hi everyone iv been putting up videos of my diy roundhouse in wales, just got back from a 2 week trip and got the timber frame done for the walls. hope you enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiAKEUmlgJ8

part 2, finishing the base of my woodland roundhouse, next trip i will be doing the framing. hope you enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWbCyMWAAf0

Ben's Mill http://www.folkstreams.net/film,187

spent 2 days making a door and frame from my woodland home today, it turned out quite nice considering it was just scrap wood. i still need to sand it and oil it. but for now it is done and it will make big difference having a door rather than a flap of canvas...

hi everyone, i wasn't sure weather to put this in here as it is diy, or in the bushcraft section, i am building a huge bender tent on a raised platform made from about 75% natural or recycled materials. it is being made to last 5 years or more while i build a proper timber framed house and plant...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vf0hH9lBnk&lc=z12qxrj5opmtxv4f023qg1tg0uf 0wpr3m hope you enjoy.

just something i learned from youtube a while back, you might have already seen them but i just think they work great and it always comes in handy for me when I'm out and about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA4a7pb232Q